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VOLUME XIII. GEEENSB0ROUGH, N.C., MAY 24, 1&51. WHOLE NO. 028.
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wl, become the fruitful source of other, and. if
. possible, still more important consequences. It
I is not, perhaps, so obvious, yet ii is mil less true,
| that all these diversities would, under similar cir.
i cuiniiances, be produced, even if we could now
oliliteralr them all,'and that, therefore, the only
part of wisdom is lo aceepl them as they are, and
ihakeall our efforts to ameliorate the condition ol
(he human race proceed on this uiiquestonahle
triilh. We need not doubt thai in the course of
I human progress, ami under the divine adininis-
Oue dollar per tqflut (fifteen lino) for the Uttl ■ "Hl'"i> "f' (fraciiius Providence, all these Uliua
week, a.id tu-eniy-Kve ceuis for every week ihere- "ill turn lo the turiherance of what is good ; and
tfter. Itaduciidita made in favor of standingadver- that in the grand eonsummaiion of all that Drgsr-
*setnints as lollows: ! ress and all thai providence, every portion of
Three month.
Onesquare. Sl.ftO
Two <«|iiiires, 7.00
Three ■' (i,col.) 10.00
Mall column, 18.00
Sir mount.. Otieyear r;lee *'" oe ".signed lo that portion of atur earth.
65 SO Ss.nn | and led lo thai destiny, which are the best and
10.00 H oo i the highest for it. It is llms thai the tli.ersilv,
15.00 20.00 as well as ihe unity of Ihe race, becomes a most
* "" -150" fruitful truth ; and'the efforts of the most advan-
—rJ^,~tt ' ceil poriinn of ii, for the benefit of ihe most sun-
THE BLACK RACE: , ken—America fur Africa—precisely in the mode
Same reflection! on it* puilion and Jn. "I,lcl' 'ecognizes at once, dial we are one, and
tiny, a* connected u-ilfi our Jimerircin (lit- )el lh" WB "' (,iD"rrt"1—'• die true snd the
imitation. .1 diicourtt de/iveied be/oit the ''""'I'1"* »"|"tion of die vast problem, snd of our
It remains for us to do that duty.
The negro race was brought to this continent
at a period almost as early as the while, and
cmiiinued to be brought here, legally, for a peri-od
of nearly two hundred years, and clandesiine-ly
for years alter their importation was prohib-ited.
Al the adoption of the declaration of A-merican
independence all the thirteen colonies
loleraied negro slavery. At that era. the African
ilsie-trade "as in lull operation, and no civili-zed
nation condemned il. while most of them
pariici paled in it. Of the thirteen slates whirh
lonned the old confederacy, and all of which
liderated slaverv. sir continue to lolerate il, and
seven have abolished it. Ill" the eighteen slates ! mug. in'die blood of patriots. Ilieadlql a
admitted into the onion since ihe adopli if die \ alternative would be, better steep them al
federal eonsiitiiion, nine are free slates and nine I the blood of iraiiors, than let tin in perish in ui<
are slave stales. 1)1 the present ihirly-nne stales ter ignominy.
composing ihe union, fifteen are slave states and j So far Irom exasperating these frantic strifes
aixieen are free slates. (»l the seven original the friends of African earfoniution I
tempi of our posterity, the execration ol mankind. wilh lh, „.,,„,, h|„rk raCc_,.„„ds back in the
the abhorrence ol endless generaiion., would in- rMr. u „,„. „„„ ,„ , ,„ n,„ „,„,„„.„, „
adequately avenge the lohv, the di.lov all,, and W11U|,| „„,,,:, CJ„,P „„, „,- f,„lu„. „r „,
the impiety winch could lead u. to make ship- „„„„,,.„,. a fealure. I H.linit, momentous to u,
wreck of such a di.peu. ,.,„„. W e must not do M A„lm,,,„ phil.alhrapi.1. and pair!..!.. There
I: II •. V II n In it.il i i, . i . I I .. ,.< si IA I ... . I...... I .. — i , * •
il—nay, v*e must uui allow il to be done. Tl thers. and perhaps in all hul ourselves far
nation must be josl lo every pan thai composes n.
It must'lorbearlo die lasiexireuiii)—eieu when
it is right, and the rebellious parts are wrong.
We are hroihers—we are Christians—and weare
free. I)ul the highest duty ihe naiiou has to
peiforiu. is lo avert national nun. Our glo.ious
iualiluliolis have been slecped, from the begin-
■he
Is establl-hed nail regulate.: Iiv law. the ehBrch
has noeoncrrii with it id,., ii has wilh all other
ci.il ins,.union.; l„lt |, |,as exnc.lv the ..me
concern with it thai it has with other civil iiuii-lions—
ih.ii c -em emending in and covenog
the eniire aspects ami lelaiions nf the •uhieei
Here around us. are which are exeiiisi.nlv moral, In the driirmin-
I liberated- sla.es.— a'.ion of these, as well as ol the national relations
r, to the great world wiilu.ui, are a bun- 61 lire suhjei-J. before alluded to, a creal and most
millions of r-xcniiing dillVrcnee or opinion has manifested
ist African ilself ihroughiml die counlrj j and, in ihis aspect.
eontineni. ihe original home, and still ihe seat and as in die olher. calamitous results have occurred,
cenire ol the race. Here i- our sublime design, i and others sull more si rim,* have been ih'eatm-in
organize a real and enduring nuionaliiy, j„ ed It i» fiom'thn ah.oluie naiure »r iliesubjeot.
sou. ol .his rsc.e. in us original ses.s.— wherever slavery exists in am ponim, of a led-
High above all, is the cross of ('hri.i—and pro. eral union, or ■>, ihe hnson, of«ny chrisiian rnm-fu-.
clvr.eh ihrough all. are ihe hopes of estab- monwealih, that agiiaiion. and'danger, of ihe
I freedom, where there was bondage before, kind alluded re liable to occur:
more impressive features,
ire Ihan half a million
dred. possil.lv a hundred and fifty
black.. There before us. is the' ■
in il,e h
Kenludy Colonization .Society, al franktort. fu%'"",""' '' "
on tl.e Oth of t.bruaru. 1851, bu J/obert J. '"""'" fu '"""• ,
Hrtckinridgt. ' he MMIM wincchh has been mn hy those great
I classes of our race into which the learned, wilh
[TIM author of lb., discourse is a Pre.h,.eri- more or less accuracy, ha.e di.ided il, and lire
an minister, ei.jo. iug lire firm eminence in his »a- achievenrenls and lire fate of nations, coinposrd
rred calling, and the reputation of trie of the I °' ",lp.,r oilier of il:em, may be considered the
mosl talented and inicllenual men of his Slate 'lW,,W','a "~",u ,""1 «l'"nent ol those peculiar
-..,1 ...„„i..- II. ..... ._ . i r , circumstances which look them, one after anotb-
.u.ii couni-'j. He was an adiocaie of the l'ate .e.r, ^in..i.t.itr .thue gnat coniniou ib. rothLerhood, and,
unsui ces.liil emancipaiinn inovemeni in Kcniiic. made them whai they were. The strong, ihe
kv : and ihe excellent grace with which he suh- j active, and die sagacious—the hra.e, die earnest, lardy in ihose slates' which sull tolerate
tur'iulciil emotions ol
come into existence, In. iug hcen created by vul- which llieir appeal lies.
manumission, by public authority, in difficult questions, lor lh
bed slavery. Il is proha- ihe common glory, and, if It were possible, with
hie dial the greater portion were set free volun- the common consent—questions which, not
uutary
those stales lh.it
avery, they, bnllime, and progress, and Ihe inherent
mi's to the decision of the people of his Slate, ati.1 me wise—whatever made ihein thus—were as. siderahly the larger port f ihe free ne- force ofevcnui have made, dial tin
ihus made SB ihe condition ol their triumph : ami croc, in lire United States have always resided siun addresses ils healing labor!
in lbo.e sijics. The eniire colored population delencc ol their grand and single a
Will be seen in the opening of his discourse.
.. rit- ... ., hctng tliii" made, their triumph o.er die liini.l,
His view. ofil,«l,„„„y .ndconduionofihe „„. weak, and the ignorant-whale.er made
black race, as connected wilh die while race.-upl il.em timid, weak and Ignorant—was just assure
with an Mic.HI institution, and dertin fro
struggle
sv.Hl
si
possess
broad and striking characteristic, which will
arrest the aiieniion nlrierv intelligent mind.
We da not know of any production more likely
lo give an elevated and proper direction Id pub-lic
dioiighi; nnd therefore proceed lo inserl Ihe
more material pans:]
It is now just twenty years since I was requi-red
to deliver a discourse, in ibis place, upon
the same subject which is lo prettily our auen-tion
al present and on the iu.iiaiiou ol ihe same
society whine annual meeting we now celebrate.
Thai occasion, like Ibis, bad been preceded bv a
great agiialiou in die public nini'f, upon topics of
vast importance, e.teil with the position and n,j, oll „ |,j,.n „'e „.„„i
des in. ol tlic Mart rare in this country, and
tl-ercloie ciiunecicd, more or less. will, the ques-tion
of their col zaiion. In that agiiaiion, as
in die one through which this stale has verv
lately p.ia-n!. u was my lot to hold ami adioeaie
opiiiicn. which ditl m,t eommeuil ihenwflvca lo
a (n:j...i) ni die people, .Now. as then, bating
prated ni,sell bndiiiil iv lonviciions. I shall
heginning. as ii is this day. In the
il nations —without lllc niirielous and
r great mis-ll
the fair
-..n begeis dis_
ol die llintcd States may he eaiimaied at about enssions on oilier points, ihe fault ia not thrira,
onc-icntli part ol the absolute population—the hut of those who. upon grounds hostile to each
free portion ol lire negro population at about nnc- olher, and all iiuleper.daiit nf the precise end
fifth part of that race.anil aboin one filiiiih pan of ibev have ill view, would obsiruci iheirgre.it,
. .nier|Kisitions of Cod—lire ra.c is to the ; ihe * hole population. Il i. probable thai above beneficent, and patriotic purpose. The exelu-nd
die bailie is to the siroug. Ami lhai diree-lifibs of the entire population of the nation sive subjects of iheir labors are the free black
inemorec. nattily in a stale of being, where'live in the free stale., and die remaining iwo- race in the United Slalee. Their sole design M
' curse is upon man. and upon ihe eanh. and fifihs. or snuiew hat less, in ihe slave stales; ami to ihem, is locrea'e Mil of them a free, civilize.;,
■ii tin all ils products; and die sweat ol the brow that die slaves coiisinute not far Irom one fourth and Christian commonwealth in Alrica. To pre-and
Ihe sweat ol Ihe hralus are the only reine- par! of the entire population of die sla.e slates, vent their success, the north is roused upon tl.e
dies in a case where die principle ol population I. repeal thai these esiim.i cs. made in advance plea, lllal by this means slaverv will be more
is boundless in it. power, and Ihe production ol
natural propagation. h«. home a very low pro- dissolution of Hie national union, and the ow
It ,s to solve great and . portion lo ,hal ol any olher class or port,,,,, nf throw of the lederal con»l,.ul,„n.
common good and ihe people. Vet the attention of the heneuilenl |
and humane has been lone and earnestly tlirccled
in them ; legislative enactments so iiuincrnus and
peculiar a. lo form a distinct code, have been
made about them inmost, if not all. the stales ;
political and religious parlies have made various
and opposite principles, relating lo ihein, fnnda
mental point! in iheir very organization ; the ' •
mosl violent popuhi
been produced ir ue..„ c.cy par. ... ...e conn ,„,elj or .he wa.er ol a neighboring spring. E r.
try. by discus,.,.,,, and proceeding, connected day. a/ierward. he .em lor lire ,.„rg,.„, J.er and
wiihihrm; nnil an carnMl public sentiment, c«i- ' -'
.«-rinK;. long (rack of year-., an.I directed lo vari-nua
ohjww, ha* mnnHVrtnl Itteir in namernua]
volnniiiry orgaAttallom enneerAfiu them, mo*, of
whirh have prnh-sfcil to hp, and 101116 ol whiih
have liven, really ■ailnnal, Ii isnlnimis, ifaatl
The Czar and the Spa.
It happetiod.aeonla hundred and fifty rears
ago, ili.ii the fanoiia P«l*r, »h» unin-J ihe 'irade
»' a r.irjieniiT lo ihe prnfession ttf Cmr of Rua-
| lie. fell hinicelf unueH while Maying at Ilia villHge
n( Spa. The aUlneratia workman, with a happy
^Ura^i««aa*»Ue«^ahWa ■rrtirtpalir.nof Prieaanifi ami Gbridfe, drank
it; nearlv every part of the conn- fm.|> of netyboriai anrulg.
the maijisirates, ami aihlrUBScd tficin nearly in
iheae words l
w$ ihe proreaa of fmeiifring iheeanfa ariili
. In explain aueh a rond.tinn nlalT.iiM. there :niifii
ol IN return., of ihe neiMUJ ol I860, may not perinanenlly ..:.'.,- . ,1 ,,, Ameriea; and. the exisl aoBj«lhlng exlreinrlv jieenliar, in the pot...
pro»e exaei. ibnuflh pruoablv not far wrMtf. A aoulh it convulsed upon ihe prelexl, thai by the lion ol such a elatj. aml'ii- relauoiM to others a-rein.
inmi!• laet of great si«nifi.'anre, hehmgmg p, Bame means slavery is eod.o.^red. And also, ronid it. During more than ihinv vears the
human blood. The«utlofihallis eonfoswn and the period I am ronnine over, l» IN aftewpi, by Bp«o«|iig pnriies. fiimtdagiheir mufnal hontmy. publio mind haaleen earnPs.lv d
sormw. run, and devpar—iheahsd-w ofdeath- t meant nf Afflenn enlonftatHHi, to plant the yen,, j ,|v attack prineiplea irhieh proteVi birth, and -ubjeei: and sorely u has bad the
ami the sum »lull. endles. sl.very ! j of a real nalioiiahly in the b..s..m of ihis hl.rk a rause «hirb would hies- birth, in (he -sine Wg informed and
Naiional intlajiemltMe, viewed from the Mm«| T*c* ■■" anempt now peraiated in with |raal epifH in whieh they attack the enumri wnfMi bearmgydfit. Ii
which we prise so highly could not he mnintain*
• <l lor ;i eiifjjle day, il the t)r..n<s nf the earth
werr ibbj 10 Mlbveft it. Il is good f«r us to hear
II firtUilul to the potnmonw^ahh. It ,n iniIld_;im| „ my 0)lfi, niJny ,n evi| p:)Minn
rib* great prmn- ^ihirt ibe abiding Condillnn of our national in-
,s lor .he niKilkr j,.|»cndi nep, is, to maintain i atrengih equal to
may Mrike .he beholder lenaeiiy.and ■Hiehtavceaa lor above thirty yean
as a !)n.ig easily won and kepi. The nations This Pomprehen«ive Matement e&hihils the
IIUIP hni.ifl it inurli o.herwise. Far the larger P"8'1"''! Of this great question of the hlaek r.iee,
part of the history of mankind is a reeord of the ; »• " louehes our Americm dispensation, at two
sul jiiyjiiion ni" rapes and stales.«uecp«»ivelv. hy I dla, »event)-five years apart, and also .he
earn other. And pmbahtj ihe independence | movpn.ent ot it during ibai lung period. It lea.es
voted In this
neans of be
fled in regard to the great
t eaying too mueh, to n*-
pherishes both. aert that it is inlonned and aaliefird. The mind
The tffrct oj .Ifncan ro/oniz/ifion upon HP- nf the nation e:»u h irdly he tnld to he more con-gfO
tlavtrif in the failed V«/r». i» an aepeol of plus.«elv -filled upim anv quislion which is still
ihe question whirh could hanhy he literloobed.
I ha*r just stated that extreme and direrily op.
poalte eoqeluaions ha.e been arrived at. It r-in
hardly be fairly denied that the inlere»is, both of
the elavee ami iheir maatera, as well a- the
l-i llie whole people In I
e* n| ihe aoeial slate : it
iniber lu acquieere: it is for all logeiher to
»rk MIII h-irmnuiously the rommon destiny, up-ihe
eetaUMied prineiplea oi ihe gmeihineut,
to an ovrrriiliiig Pft« -
'lit, in Ins
Way, ami his own aerepted lime,
gieai daaigns—icady alike loobef hi
Bill', ill f.i- eiiiiiinau.:.
no doubt of the reality, and tendency of an i
rnrn-e progre-s highlv favorable t«> that race
yet faithful 10 the high de«iiny of ihe pou.iiry grneral interests oftile coontre, would be pro-itself—
and to the public nblig-Uiona, in the laith- in,.te.( by ihi removal of an snomalmn and on.
ltd obsermnee of which, ih.t glorious desttny is fortunate CnHfl oreupying thp poattion generallv
The slaie slates han pcrmilled iheir preaettatd b) the Iree blaeksihroughnul Amerieri.
and il it lor all I
illeuep, ihe aPPiuilp
involved
that of all our enemies uinled. So. i.,o, from ihe j citixens to manumit many thousands of s'a.es; ^for Can j( he ajawetiOOCd that many motive* these question
lofty eminence on Which we iraphaaadi personal I and in this manner many millions of d-.liars have growing out of any clear view nf ihe suhjeci, an
presented lo the hmevnleni owner- ufajnva*. \A
own gttt.ii
n| llIM OH ,1
call, or he
frct'ilom may appear lo us the simplest and the I heen given
surest result of every proper s.iPial organization. I humaniiy alone
pro.
'I he human rape has not lound it so. I. has d
aired lo be free—it has deterred tone Iree—Il
has struggle.I lo be free ; nay. lo he iree ha- been
ihe ol jeri of 114 most fixed desire, of its highe-i
Phe Bee, author commence* hie subject by oNwri, ol lie fie-reeet eirug
ing Ihe uni',, of .he human raee—his argn- ***** (rFf; Tn PM
He poniiu
Hut yet It h
nt been free. To pre-ervr a perlept eqnalin
ol right-, n,id In preserve those right*, perfectly
, —whirh are the Iwo condition* of civil libert*—
ami at the same lime in recognize and maintain
great :!"' inequihiy ol condition, which >s the tneviia
tile reeiill of ihe progrrui whteli hi
gels—this isthenrand prohlem '
Ilium, ilteran many age-, bare u<
and. ihereltire, nren.»l \ el Iree.
ert> lisell be-ihii'h
the iia-it
ui aolved.
To preevrvt
nienl* ne n.nit for w.ml nf
lies:]
Must pregnant and most nrtaliaal. ,- ihi
truth. A euinmnn origin and a coinmiurnature
must, in C'-inniiHi eireuiiisiaiiees, prmhi'V a eoiu-limn
dei i l.q ini-iil and •'.<iuiio.li d-suiiv. That
ihe dervtiipmenl and the destiny of every portion
..I our raee lone n<>i l-t in in nil reepeeii similar, onrnational independence—toaccureimr person-
Is therefore bi he at rihuted to the dm-rse rirruo. - ;it HbtrtJI—to advance in Ihe career of eiiilizi-siauees
whiph ha.e attended (he career of the <"»"—,,|IB W What WC arc doing. Bill we should
dilferen; part-.In. There was in all the cam* *•■* "' m"Hl- ,,,,w '"'"'> ,,a^'' "'"' :'n'' how fr*
nriginal (rapaeiiy mbeelevslod w.ih the highest "oea sbcreeded in ihe same carper; bow long,
—the s..me original liahihtx lo be sunken win. how peculiar, and how forlumtl* was our pravi-die
lowest. A long course of fortunate eventa a** twining, boih persona! andoaiional,for these
m.,\ develop « p..uditiou of grcatnc** nod glof), great alieuiplBi and how serious are the dangers
while a long course of misfortunn may produce which still threaten ua.
a lernhle degrcd itioi. Uui the loftiest lias no Not a few i;f lliesc d irgcr- cinneet thrmselvis
giiarmiep against decsy, snd the lowest sr* sull with that hlaek race ahum which ibis sociel)
rauable of being redcemeil. 1 ■ i _ • cuiiimon lo ronccriis Itsi II, in a qualified manner—fur a por-humaniiy
for ever impend over u*. and glories lion ol wh.eh it is endeavoring l» esiahlish a IIH-furever
beckon u* to arise from the dust. A ttonal snd a free existence on anoihor continent;
h.md of Common btothorhoud unite* every por- the servitude of another portion nf which, in our
lion ol the raee; it is fell Ihe n*OSl keenly by own country, makes so conspipuous sn element
ihoaaaho are the moot exalted; and, e-en in of our social state; and ihe degraded condition of
ihe moat abject, it* weak pulsations Still life to ihe third, and larger portion ol which, scattered
attest ihe depth nf ill* truth, thai our rac- is one. u.er immense portion* of the earth's surfaC*—ei-li
is in the life and doctrine ol Jer>us Christ lhal iber in sla\rry or in (he lir-t stages ol social ex-tins
pntfouml insiinci ol human nainre finds n- Istenee—presents such » deplorable Jcatuie ol
self i sailed into one of the grandest truths ol re- our Common humanity. An immense rare, em*
ligion . nit invested w.lb .he peculia. saneiio.i 4.1 bracing an eighth part of the human hum!)—a
heaven. lu hhu, lh* conception of UlM imiver- ra-*e llooOjOd, ibiough far .he greater patt of re-sal
brother. I. which Utor* teaches—and all corded lime, to gi nn.il drgredalion and percoas]
knowlo'lg* foflta\ea—bswosne* 0 precious living servitude, loag naieaat from the family of man
niib. and Irom lh* greateommon brotherhood. Now
Die reality of immense diversities in ihe con in IIIIM grand era of Hi* world, its destiny is
i, il-*.ph.pmeut, characler, and dcetiny of bound last to ours, and, in some sense, is to be
dlfiereul portHOM of our race, muai he accepted aidn-d *« ilh It, The feeble para-ite Its* found,
a- a truth, eien more oh.ious than ils uniM .— al last, a dill ol .idauiani, to winch il uiav chug.
Thoa* dtver»ilie* seem lo extend |fl C»ery thing Can tlie Ai.glo-Ainertc.in hear through in tri-thal
ISCinsialeni wiih ihe idea of thai tioily.— tiuipb, not his own destiny only, but that of the
Nothing but tint impaasabl* hairier, is pr<».l a- hlaek race also ? It is a notable question, snd a
C .i.,-i the ftifc* and variety of iheir maniltsia- Ootablfl ronjuneiinn of many acts of fJod and
lions. I'he\ have had iheir origin at a very man has brought it about,
early period of ihe existence ot .he race. The The lopic*, into the bosom of which the pre-iv
iMiT', ihrough iiinii.es of
S-yen state- which once lid-erated
slavMf have aboh-hed lt.br the unqurs-imiiable
exercise of their sovereign power. Con*
gress ha* sdmilled into the union more states
1 ti ill originally composed il, leaving to each, al
and after us admission, to tolerate slavpry or
reject it. al its pleasure ; an equal numher ba-dnnu
each, M nil a common consent ol ihe IIS*
mm. the foreign slavo*trade has been prohtbitad,
and punished as a crime a^nnsl the human race.
To crown the whole, a spontaneous movement,
-is entirely national BS any that has marked our
career, has manifested and established itself,
seeking 'he remo.al ol the fiee Macks of \iupri-vortug
smsncipation conooetcjd withcolonii uion.
That thercisany serious probability, howeier.
that ihe nuint.er nf slaves in this cotinirv will
ever he considerably redwwd, by mean- of for-eign
ColonilStion, or upon -uch motive-alone as
from that quarter, i« not, I presume, believed by
many well informed poison*. I have ncrercn*
lertaiiiPil the Opifljioil that slavery a- an Mi",Mil-lion,
could he shaken by any Po,,«idprai.»ns ex-cept
those VM, .it ami BOSordlM ones winch eon*
trol the human conscience, or dieia P with ihp
power of irreamlablfl necessity to Ihe human will.
The MDSeof self, preseriutuiii in.it doit—a clear
riflW of peisonal intere-* may do it—a profound
will, their own consent, to Airier, and their M|ea of duly may do it—the abiding force ol re-
SMiatpo-werful caoaes, phyaieal, social, aod mor- ccdiog dedncnon has fairly brought
al. have eon-pired to ,.....,. j,nj (l, perpetuate too great and UHBCroal* to be treated
otale io prouounce these
respects ronsiam, sndlbeir ei-
Aud iheae efTec.i become
Selllemeni lliere ill freedom and tnoet.cudence
And multitude* of alare*, whom their msster*
do not Consider it advisable to emam ipsts in ihis
Country, are held suh|fi*t to he sen! lo Liberia.
SS lh* mean- can. from IIIIIP to lime, he Obtained
for that porno**. These fscis, taken all togeth-er,
and conatderiofl thpir relativ* dependence**
ihe tnimen-e field ihey cover—the long period
thiough which ihey have hren dovclnuetl, ami
cunncutinn wnb ".her and immense iiiicresis,
may be fairlj Said IO establish lh* cxi-tcnee of a
general sentiment, at once moderate in ils aims
and powerful in ils impulse. There -.re, no
tloubt, those who d
mire vehement progress—a- there are, .1
those who assert that a point has been reached
already dangrroas to the inter**!* of ihe stsv*
stales; and rtcent events have given IP both nf
liipse px'reme opinion- an importance, all the
more ominous, as their advocate*, who could B-gree
in nothingelsci hsve sgrenl in ■ common
assault, under cover ol them, upon the union, and
the con*tilotion of the country, Ho may not,
therefore. psSS ihem by in silence.
For mysfllfi i *m not only revly lo edmil. Iml
I earnestly contend, that no question touching
the black race in ihis country, should he allowed
for a nioiiiPiil to compromise the far higher and
more important interests of the white race in it,
and of the eo*nniry itself. I dp-ire the prosper-ity
of every action in the world; bat, above all,
I passionately desire the glory of my own
earncedy invoke (iod's hleosing upon every race
of mm; but,above (hem all, |eheri*h with de-votion
and hope, the ad.anCt-me.i i of mv own.
I lotc liherly, and rrjolc* greatly when lh*
ilown-iroddcu recover It, and mourn when it*
ligiooa principleaor religious emotion may dt
it. All ihsaa suggestions contemplate its rolun*
tary abfdltlOn, by the acl ol the master, or of .he
alate. There are other modes, fiercer and more
effectual—foreign conquest, dome-tic strife—ihe
combined questions ol bread labor, and popula-tion,
practically dlSCOSScd under ihe usual aus-pices
of famine ami pestilence. All Ihese are
method* ihe world has seen ol.en enough lo
know hy rote; and if this union is dissolved,
there are those now alive who may see one or
other of them en icied over again. (Jod forefend,
both tint calamiiT and its eaOSO. So il is—
.1 a diOerent and far B|avery is here—for good, as some prof*** for
ill, as man\ helieve. Fur good or ill, it is here
beyond the power nf foreign colonisalisn io
shake ils existence, or materially diminish its
number*. The paraail* has clung lo the wall of
adamant—the African is bound In the car of the
Anglo-American 1 lie most hear bun thronah
in triumph—he mus. pariah With bun by the
uiv—or he uiusl dasimy him outright. The
car cannot pause to ro-adjusi this doomed con-held
under discus*i..n al all. than as to the nnom
nlOQJ poatlion and injurious influences of ihe free
black rape m America. Il is Satisttud Still further.
that umsiol me peculiar nee-, hard-hips, evil ol
that race, are traceable imuicihaielv to it-annum-j
loOS position—are incapable ofeffectual remedy, i
while it remains nnrbaoged, and thai n ou^ln lo
he changed. This is the deliberate, (he general, I
Od the JOSt **nSe of ihe American people on
The fr drj of African colon!- I
zaiion. taking lead in ihe dissemination ol ihese
great truths, have grsdoalK dillused ihem through
Ihe nation. They made ihem the basis of their
project lor the removal of the free blacks, and;
It ive constantly prg«| thai this waa the true so- I
lotion uf ihe r*tab|t*hed fact* and undeniable i
principles involved in ihe case. Of those who
opposeil them, SOIDC —ih-nigb forUlOStcly the I
nomhor is mil now rery large—have eonlende^l
thai ihe case sdmilled of no remedy whatever, I
ami hate been eontrnt to leave it to be settled as
events might determine. Other*, constituting a !
party numerous and intolerant, in several of Ihe j
-late stales, hate held ihe opinion thai any rente* j
dy, n«» matter how effccltl il it might be, or how '
unobjectionable in itself, uiusl neeesKirily pro- i
doc* in the process of us spplieaiinn to ihe mm*
ibiiou of things acluallj rxislicg, other evtlo
more aerioua ami unmanageable Ihan those i
profeaard lu remove—evil* far too serious u> hr
loleraied hy the SUM* stale-. c« en for the accom
plishmeui ofL>reai good, or die r*-mo\al ol grea
mischief. A third rtaaa, equilly nnmenms, per
naps, wilh Ihe last, and -till more intoler.in', eon
siiiuiiog ibrouglloirt nianv ol ihe free stales, tin
uiosi ohinixtniis ami unscrupulous party whiel
hafl partu'ipaled in these diaciiaciofla, ha- pTOpO'
■ed Jor remedy such a eh inge in the social. ci> d
and political DOOdil ot all Aim-iicaii iii-.iiu-nous,
us wdl admit the free blacks, indiscruni
Balel) and absolutely, to an equality with tin
—drawing afler this sweeping revolution
immense, a*absurd, and a.
These klaleme
■s nf opinion wl
ictues- lo give
.he great quest
"Gentlemen—1 waefllj hut, thanka io free
libalions of your snarkling foimiain, I am now
quile well. I owe yon much."
Here ihe ('zar Ihrusl his hand into the pocket
of Ihe coarse jerkin which he wore ; and the civic
dignitaries, having cxiemhtl iheir open palms—
- 1 ..we you much," continued ihe Czar; ** and
1 Wish to present >ou with a durable testimony
of my gratitude. In forty-eight hours you shall
have it.**
(hie may easily fancy wJut castles in the air
were built hy the expectant funcnonaries. At
hpgth ihey were told that the august convalescent
half riven orders 10 procure ihi hardest atone
which ihe di-lrie. would afford ; and the follow-ing
moruiii'/ (bur strong Mosrovitrs were seen
luw/inga slab( mi which was inscribed tht.se
words :
•' I vv.is ill; I drank : I was cured.
(Signed) 1'X.TI.R, Czar al Hussia."
'• Place this stone over your fountain, or, if
you prefer ii, place >«.ur fountain under this
stone." said the Czar, kindly, "and hereafter you
will thank ine lor it."
Ere many years hud elapsed, all Kurnpekncw
the waters oi Spa ; and the demand for il became
so enormous, thai the worthv burgoin uter and
his colleagues were forced lo'discover fivn new
Springs in llv nelgbborhimd, The namenf Spa
was also extended lo mineral springs throughout
Ihe World.
The
work en
violin In
—lux th
Violin.—Gardner, in his entertaining
titled •' Music of Nature," sa\s lhal the
d ns origin in II dy.about Ihe year 1000
use which were ealCOOied of ihe jjnatcst
laJue were made al a later period, aboul 1050,
at Cremona, h\ the laindy ol A, and J. Aioalt,
and iheir eonleiiiporan Sir.oln <ri. of the same
place. These insinimeuis are found lo he very
much superior lo siu thai INKQ been made since
ihat lime, which ScknowbdgCd excellence ia
chiefly attributed 10 iheir age. The Aniati ia
rather smaller in size ihan the violin*at the pre-sent
dsy. and recognised by its peculiar swe-er*
ness of lone. TheStraihiari is larger and loud-er,
and it is so htghlj ralecuifd that many bare
been sold Air the sum of ami Buincae. The violin
has not altered its shape for the last 180 \ears,
speakmg ol the i fleet of age, Uartlner remurks
lhal it is an opinion eoulii med hi experience and
coiitessnl hy ihe rest ol llnrope. thai the brilliant
SR) ol li.dy communicates 10 musical matruuVenls
an iittxprossihle delicacy which they do not
possess in other climates.
ell. exhibit.
a hundred
iiupo-sibl
1 think, all ihe shal
w nh sufficient di-t
existing psitsc*, on
remedy —and il anv, wh it .'—for the eomlilio
ihe Iree black race in ihi- eoiiulry.
Without iliscuasiog Ihe principles of any
nech'in an% more than ihe adamant,ue fpheres ihe-e parties—ihe \\ hole ol which are hostile Ii
PM\ aeSM lo wheel, unshaken, in the hand of those on which the scheme ol eolouizil,on pro*
(Jod, that ihe planets mav ailjiisl their casual ceeds—ihey tufficcnlll rcvi
perturbations. Boar biin throuifh in iriumpb—I auhjeci i- complicated wuli
perish witli him by the way—.ir destroy him institutions of the eoim
outright! The good, Ihe hra.e. and the wise, not a national inslituliu
I In
Ihe
AlHo
ml a Mi
ah.uc arc worthy 1" ask or
When idl* chatterers are done, let ihem take up
I the great parable—and when they make their
expo-ition, let ihem *eUlfl m lhe- depths ufeverV
Constant and intrepid heart—that il (he souib
will be true to the country, ihe conniry will he
true lo her; lhal if the north will be true to the
is under ihe ex-r-
pepinely ; yei
newer—which f— eneeano ils regulation areauhi
elusive control of the state-,
the complete natiooal reeofnitinn oftf, and it
Important *\u\ somewhat difficult dutfos iseomed
by ihe naiion. in connection wilh .bat mcognl-
HMl, gi.e to the in'ti.uitou it-elf, and to Crerj
7nc .'liiirrmin Coitrihutioii* lo the IVarhV*
-\\ are held fair <io not impress ihe Kngli-h with a very high
harai'ler !«• notion of American manul.ietures. I i <■ Lmul n
iOe, of :in\ .TflCS says:—»>|i iiuy he said of the Ameiicait
ol j display generally, that it is e. ideally ihe pr«.duc*
| tion ol a new country, where ihe n-plul BftS ar«
ol | \ei more in rrquc-l ihan ihe ornamental." Of
lh* maniilacuired COUoO, in prints*. " -ays .-—
" Though ihey are very creditable etldcoecj of
ihe proer*** of American inanulactuies, our
friend* on ihe other snle ol ihe Ailantie will par-don
uri for saving thai ihey are not of lint high
class of good—H&sprcialli ihe priots—that our
Mjiiebesier u.aiinl.iciurt r- need fear Iheir compe-tition,
at least for ihe present.*' From Ihe list of
articles enuinerateil, the riHflrih iiiou i* very
meagre, and ihe -how of American articles will
sea reel v be equal to lbs annual exhibitions at
Slate Fairs ami Franklin Initiinli-.
v ihe win
nlcrests an.
L'h si i.erx i^
(••Ii ils exist-
,IU*P»
red io
ihem. We Cannot he->
pauses, in in my
fecis eatabh
causes llieioaelve*, of many sub-equeni events m
ihe fate id nation-, anil proiluee CcmSCQUencee
the m»Sl momentous anp enduring. Il is easy lo
comprehend lhal a race originally one, iuu»t
have pi aed thnsaajh cireuoi*taocc* *ery differ-
*nl as to il.ilerenl portions of ii. and thai these
are far j •irugglt-, any where are deleaieil. Uui the lib-on
an | ernes of my own race, snd my own country, are
occasion like ibis. 1 -hall, therefore, content preimu-lo me out ol pomparisnii with all beside.
myself with noticing* generally, aueh uah Bear* I I have never ceased lo compassionate lho black
Ol special interest St the prc*eill moment,and as i rice, and to labor, ill every way lhal seennd to
hear more or less direcil) on the designs of .his ' me proper, lor ils ultimate retle:upiiou ; and per-
Soefatl, I have lo regret that exact siatemenis J h-ips ihe greaieM saerdices ol my life have been
OO lliiiae points, touching which st.iiislieal facts j in its eau-e. But 1 Iranklv admit, that thcr* is
are ufgr**al value, arc at present impos-ilde, in
msrquence ol the relurnsol the national census
ken during ihe past )ear, not having b« n. H
■irounistaneea, whaterrr ihey mo) have been, yet, digested sod published, hisoi nsceeeity,
iiiosi haw- oj.i-r i;- d n nh i e.nis!.no and immense lb. relore, thlt ihe prtnripm* dipeussed, suit the
lorsan MI pnHluce surb dinen'oeaa in iheir ph> si- i-.-tt involved, imi-t b« stated, g*o*eaUj ; ihough
. .1 md isaeral coniUlion as we lin.i saot ilted all 1 sm seuaibl* thai ihis must deliad from any
iuer the earth. And it is not more dilfiuult to salu* IB*** mssarits migbl 00 supposed to pos-perc
«rv*i ih*l llwsodinorenee*, when '-^hii-h- #e».c
BO ODncoivsbl* questmn in which lhal race, or
any race i« involved, for which I would peril, in
ihe slightest degree, ihe sublime career which la
open before mv conulrv—much les- provoke or
lolerale an msuli upon ihe inlegnly of iheco.itm
lion, i»r ihe perp. iiutv o| ihe union. lNe.ei
were such hope?. Net before any peupb—00**1
was such a destiny offered lu anv nation, as
l.eil has placed within our ragoh, The coja- onole m Uself, oat m-i^nilicani when c<
ii.even mei-ch
the whole
i he immeoec
nding ei eni*.
anv moment.
eminenilji eriiicat. So, loo,—although ihe
ieience and regulation of the institution sre |
thing lhal can be -opposed to affect
country. 'he eounirj w ill he iron h» her; and if dentalh . s natn nal importance whi
the poiintry Will he true lo her destiny, (sod will i bi-ior\ of the eoiiulry has shown UJ
be true to her! —and winch tceent, and indeed imp.
Surmounting such quea;ions, our cause cam- prove to be capabU of becoming
■at** r.sell from dilemmas which belong rathei
lo the country than lo it, and which, at the mosl,
involv* only uoe, and ihat an incidoulsl porioin Iv inatier- o| po-nn e law—» el in the very nature
■if its grim ml. It- dill-el connection with slate* ol til ii exsMenes and ihai legal regulatum ol n—
r v iii America il ii has any at all, lies chiefl) in ihe re ext-t moral pri pies, and lliere arc 'inolv-
. his..—'hat the particular objects of its care—-the ed moral dalles, whose ilelirmiosibrtl is as mu'h
rep ncgroe*ol America—arc each one a proof religious as it is legal, snil rohcerntng which ll is >UPP*
ifanu- no mod pomihhi to cxvhide the acton ol tl
i> SUPII church ol <
list i i> d power.
hat slavery in America ,s m a |Woee*B
loraticn ; anil lhal it affords lh* mem-is
choose to an ihem in tlial aianner. ot a fnrlh-
•r am! real—-though poasihly slijjli. anil incnleu*
a|—jelif men so please, illimiiahh* amehora-mn.
The in iss ni slaves in Ainersea—Bouaid-
Muj'sttj of Ihe l.uir.—How imposing is the
majeaij ol Iho Ian \ how calm her disnil* ; how
. » her power: how Rim, nnd nainp.il is her
r.- gn! Ii i- not by fleets, and HYnue*. by devsaja-1
linn, am1 wrong, m" oppre^sini I blootl, sbn
mainiains hi r sway, and exeroies ber decrerv.
Su-taiucd bv ju«iiee. re..-ou. :no! ihe great inier-ealaof
man. she but apeak-, ami is obeyed. " K-vt
ti f'.it-c oho d» noi approve, heeiislii not to
rt her ; and the i0*ll< ihial upon « riom her
dfne loexrhidethe sCtton ol ihe jojogmeol Wla. know- ihat s..bmia-i a not only
Ihan that of the e, il power.— ' Iv ho in.wt pei:orm. hm, that ihe secorilf
inch iaan instinn ftoMt,'""'1 rojoyavnl ol all u. „ is .car m hun depensl.
uiusuleiermme for itsetf thins/s eneaertaining n- -»;""» "•— "'!'k
ii-e'i ; Iml ihe church oM'hir-i. ileo
an uikiiiuiiunof (.o,l, m "t w Ilk* " Stol pnq;-,
mine thinga apiM*rlatning lo ii, *\|torr slaveri p

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VOLUME XIII. GEEENSB0ROUGH, N.C., MAY 24, 1&51. WHOLE NO. 028.
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wl, become the fruitful source of other, and. if
. possible, still more important consequences. It
I is not, perhaps, so obvious, yet ii is mil less true,
| that all these diversities would, under similar cir.
i cuiniiances, be produced, even if we could now
oliliteralr them all,'and that, therefore, the only
part of wisdom is lo aceepl them as they are, and
ihakeall our efforts to ameliorate the condition ol
(he human race proceed on this uiiquestonahle
triilh. We need not doubt thai in the course of
I human progress, ami under the divine adininis-
Oue dollar per tqflut (fifteen lino) for the Uttl ■ "Hl'"i> "f' (fraciiius Providence, all these Uliua
week, a.id tu-eniy-Kve ceuis for every week ihere- "ill turn lo the turiherance of what is good ; and
tfter. Itaduciidita made in favor of standingadver- that in the grand eonsummaiion of all that Drgsr-
*setnints as lollows: ! ress and all thai providence, every portion of
Three month.
Onesquare. Sl.ftO
Two , ihe hnson, of«ny chrisiian rnm-fu-.
clvr.eh ihrough all. are ihe hopes of estab- monwealih, that agiiaiion. and'danger, of ihe
I freedom, where there was bondage before, kind alluded re liable to occur:
more impressive features,
ire Ihan half a million
dred. possil.lv a hundred and fifty
black.. There before us. is the' ■
in il,e h
Kenludy Colonization .Society, al franktort. fu%'"",""' '' "
on tl.e Oth of t.bruaru. 1851, bu J/obert J. '"""'" fu '"""• ,
Hrtckinridgt. ' he MMIM wincchh has been mn hy those great
I classes of our race into which the learned, wilh
[TIM author of lb., discourse is a Pre.h,.eri- more or less accuracy, ha.e di.ided il, and lire
an minister, ei.jo. iug lire firm eminence in his »a- achievenrenls and lire fate of nations, coinposrd
rred calling, and the reputation of trie of the I °' ",lp.,r oilier of il:em, may be considered the
mosl talented and inicllenual men of his Slate 'lW,,W','a "~",u ,""1 «l'"nent ol those peculiar
-..,1 ...„„i..- II. ..... ._ . i r , circumstances which look them, one after anotb-
.u.ii couni-'j. He was an adiocaie of the l'ate .e.r, ^in..i.t.itr .thue gnat coniniou ib. rothLerhood, and,
unsui ces.liil emancipaiinn inovemeni in Kcniiic. made them whai they were. The strong, ihe
kv : and ihe excellent grace with which he suh- j active, and die sagacious—the hra.e, die earnest, lardy in ihose slates' which sull tolerate
tur'iulciil emotions ol
come into existence, In. iug hcen created by vul- which llieir appeal lies.
manumission, by public authority, in difficult questions, lor lh
bed slavery. Il is proha- ihe common glory, and, if It were possible, with
hie dial the greater portion were set free volun- the common consent—questions which, not
uutary
those stales lh.it
avery, they, bnllime, and progress, and Ihe inherent
mi's to the decision of the people of his Slate, ati.1 me wise—whatever made ihein thus—were as. siderahly the larger port f ihe free ne- force ofevcnui have made, dial tin
ihus made SB ihe condition ol their triumph : ami croc, in lire United States have always resided siun addresses ils healing labor!
in lbo.e sijics. The eniire colored population delencc ol their grand and single a
Will be seen in the opening of his discourse.
.. rit- ... ., hctng tliii" made, their triumph o.er die liini.l,
His view. ofil,«l,„„„y .ndconduionofihe „„. weak, and the ignorant-whale.er made
black race, as connected wilh die while race.-upl il.em timid, weak and Ignorant—was just assure
with an Mic.HI institution, and dertin fro
struggle
sv.Hl
si
possess
broad and striking characteristic, which will
arrest the aiieniion nlrierv intelligent mind.
We da not know of any production more likely
lo give an elevated and proper direction Id pub-lic
dioiighi; nnd therefore proceed lo inserl Ihe
more material pans:]
It is now just twenty years since I was requi-red
to deliver a discourse, in ibis place, upon
the same subject which is lo prettily our auen-tion
al present and on the iu.iiaiiou ol ihe same
society whine annual meeting we now celebrate.
Thai occasion, like Ibis, bad been preceded bv a
great agiialiou in die public nini'f, upon topics of
vast importance, e.teil with the position and n,j, oll „ |,j,.n „'e „.„„i
des in. ol tlic Mart rare in this country, and
tl-ercloie ciiunecicd, more or less. will, the ques-tion
of their col zaiion. In that agiiaiion, as
in die one through which this stale has verv
lately p.ia-n!. u was my lot to hold ami adioeaie
opiiiicn. which ditl m,t eommeuil ihenwflvca lo
a (n:j...i) ni die people, .Now. as then, bating
prated ni,sell bndiiiil iv lonviciions. I shall
heginning. as ii is this day. In the
il nations —without lllc niirielous and
r great mis-ll
the fair
-..n begeis dis_
ol die llintcd States may he eaiimaied at about enssions on oilier points, ihe fault ia not thrira,
onc-icntli part ol the absolute population—the hut of those who. upon grounds hostile to each
free portion ol lire negro population at about nnc- olher, and all iiuleper.daiit nf the precise end
fifth part of that race.anil aboin one filiiiih pan of ibev have ill view, would obsiruci iheirgre.it,
. .nier|Kisitions of Cod—lire ra.c is to the ; ihe * hole population. Il i. probable thai above beneficent, and patriotic purpose. The exelu-nd
die bailie is to the siroug. Ami lhai diree-lifibs of the entire population of the nation sive subjects of iheir labors are the free black
inemorec. nattily in a stale of being, where'live in the free stale., and die remaining iwo- race in the United Slalee. Their sole design M
' curse is upon man. and upon ihe eanh. and fifihs. or snuiew hat less, in ihe slave stales; ami to ihem, is locrea'e Mil of them a free, civilize.;,
■ii tin all ils products; and die sweat ol the brow that die slaves coiisinute not far Irom one fourth and Christian commonwealth in Alrica. To pre-and
Ihe sweat ol Ihe hralus are the only reine- par! of the entire population of die sla.e slates, vent their success, the north is roused upon tl.e
dies in a case where die principle ol population I. repeal thai these esiim.i cs. made in advance plea, lllal by this means slaverv will be more
is boundless in it. power, and Ihe production ol
natural propagation. h«. home a very low pro- dissolution of Hie national union, and the ow
It ,s to solve great and . portion lo ,hal ol any olher class or port,,,,, nf throw of the lederal con»l,.ul,„n.
common good and ihe people. Vet the attention of the heneuilenl |
and humane has been lone and earnestly tlirccled
in them ; legislative enactments so iiuincrnus and
peculiar a. lo form a distinct code, have been
made about them inmost, if not all. the stales ;
political and religious parlies have made various
and opposite principles, relating lo ihein, fnnda
mental point! in iheir very organization ; the ' •
mosl violent popuhi
been produced ir ue..„ c.cy par. ... ...e conn ,„,elj or .he wa.er ol a neighboring spring. E r.
try. by discus,.,.,,, and proceeding, connected day. a/ierward. he .em lor lire ,.„rg,.„, J.er and
wiihihrm; nnil an carnMl public sentiment, c«i- ' -'
.«-rinK;. long (rack of year-., an.I directed lo vari-nua
ohjww, ha* mnnHVrtnl Itteir in namernua]
volnniiiry orgaAttallom enneerAfiu them, mo*, of
whirh have prnh-sfcil to hp, and 101116 ol whiih
have liven, really ■ailnnal, Ii isnlnimis, ifaatl
The Czar and the Spa.
It happetiod.aeonla hundred and fifty rears
ago, ili.ii the fanoiia P«l*r, »h» unin-J ihe 'irade
»' a r.irjieniiT lo ihe prnfession ttf Cmr of Rua-
| lie. fell hinicelf unueH while Maying at Ilia villHge
n( Spa. The aUlneratia workman, with a happy
^Ura^i««aa*»Ue«^ahWa ■rrtirtpalir.nof Prieaanifi ami Gbridfe, drank
it; nearlv every part of the conn- fm.|> of netyboriai anrulg.
the maijisirates, ami aihlrUBScd tficin nearly in
iheae words l
w$ ihe proreaa of fmeiifring iheeanfa ariili
. In explain aueh a rond.tinn nlalT.iiM. there :niifii
ol IN return., of ihe neiMUJ ol I860, may not perinanenlly ..:.'.,- . ,1 ,,, Ameriea; and. the exisl aoBj«lhlng exlreinrlv jieenliar, in the pot...
pro»e exaei. ibnuflh pruoablv not far wrMtf. A aoulh it convulsed upon ihe prelexl, thai by the lion ol such a elatj. aml'ii- relauoiM to others a-rein.
inmi!• laet of great si«nifi.'anre, hehmgmg p, Bame means slavery is eod.o.^red. And also, ronid it. During more than ihinv vears the
human blood. The«utlofihallis eonfoswn and the period I am ronnine over, l» IN aftewpi, by Bp«o«|iig pnriies. fiimtdagiheir mufnal hontmy. publio mind haaleen earnPs.lv d
sormw. run, and devpar—iheahsd-w ofdeath- t meant nf Afflenn enlonftatHHi, to plant the yen,, j ,|v attack prineiplea irhieh proteVi birth, and -ubjeei: and sorely u has bad the
ami the sum »lull. endles. sl.very ! j of a real nalioiiahly in the b..s..m of ihis hl.rk a rause «hirb would hies- birth, in (he -sine Wg informed and
Naiional intlajiemltMe, viewed from the Mm«| T*c* ■■" anempt now peraiated in with |raal epifH in whieh they attack the enumri wnfMi bearmgydfit. Ii
which we prise so highly could not he mnintain*
• that race
yet faithful 10 the high de«iiny of ihe pou.iiry grneral interests oftile coontre, would be pro-itself—
and to the public nblig-Uiona, in the laith- in,.te.( by ihi removal of an snomalmn and on.
ltd obsermnee of which, ih.t glorious desttny is fortunate CnHfl oreupying thp poattion generallv
The slaie slates han pcrmilled iheir preaettatd b) the Iree blaeksihroughnul Amerieri.
and il it lor all I
illeuep, ihe aPPiuilp
involved
that of all our enemies uinled. So. i.,o, from ihe j citixens to manumit many thousands of s'a.es; ^for Can j( he ajawetiOOCd that many motive* these question
lofty eminence on Which we iraphaaadi personal I and in this manner many millions of d-.liars have growing out of any clear view nf ihe suhjeci, an
presented lo the hmevnleni owner- ufajnva*. \A
own gttt.ii
n| llIM OH ,1
call, or he
frct'ilom may appear lo us the simplest and the I heen given
surest result of every proper s.iPial organization. I humaniiy alone
pro.
'I he human rape has not lound it so. I. has d
aired lo be free—it has deterred tone Iree—Il
has struggle.I lo be free ; nay. lo he iree ha- been
ihe ol jeri of 114 most fixed desire, of its highe-i
Phe Bee, author commence* hie subject by oNwri, ol lie fie-reeet eirug
ing Ihe uni',, of .he human raee—his argn- ***** (rFf; Tn PM
He poniiu
Hut yet It h
nt been free. To pre-ervr a perlept eqnalin
ol right-, n,id In preserve those right*, perfectly
, —whirh are the Iwo condition* of civil libert*—
ami at the same lime in recognize and maintain
great :!"' inequihiy ol condition, which >s the tneviia
tile reeiill of ihe progrrui whteli hi
gels—this isthenrand prohlem '
Ilium, ilteran many age-, bare u<
and. ihereltire, nren.»l \ el Iree.
ert> lisell be-ihii'h
the iia-it
ui aolved.
To preevrvt
nienl* ne n.nit for w.ml nf
lies:]
Must pregnant and most nrtaliaal. ,- ihi
truth. A euinmnn origin and a coinmiurnature
must, in C'-inniiHi eireuiiisiaiiees, prmhi'V a eoiu-limn
dei i l.q ini-iil and •'.i l-t in in nil reepeeii similar, onrnational independence—toaccureimr person-
Is therefore bi he at rihuted to the dm-rse rirruo. - ;it HbtrtJI—to advance in Ihe career of eiiilizi-siauees
whiph ha.e attended (he career of the ,,a^'' "'"' :'n'' how fr*
nriginal (rapaeiiy mbeelevslod w.ih the highest "oea sbcreeded in ihe same carper; bow long,
—the s..me original liahihtx lo be sunken win. how peculiar, and how forlumtl* was our pravi-die
lowest. A long course of fortunate eventa a** twining, boih persona! andoaiional,for these
m.,\ develop « p..uditiou of grcatnc** nod glof), great alieuiplBi and how serious are the dangers
while a long course of misfortunn may produce which still threaten ua.
a lernhle degrcd itioi. Uui the loftiest lias no Not a few i;f lliesc d irgcr- cinneet thrmselvis
giiarmiep against decsy, snd the lowest sr* sull with that hlaek race ahum which ibis sociel)
rauable of being redcemeil. 1 ■ i _ • cuiiimon lo ronccriis Itsi II, in a qualified manner—fur a por-humaniiy
for ever impend over u*. and glories lion ol wh.eh it is endeavoring l» esiahlish a IIH-furever
beckon u* to arise from the dust. A ttonal snd a free existence on anoihor continent;
h.md of Common btothorhoud unite* every por- the servitude of another portion nf which, in our
lion ol the raee; it is fell Ihe n*OSl keenly by own country, makes so conspipuous sn element
ihoaaaho are the moot exalted; and, e-en in of our social state; and ihe degraded condition of
ihe moat abject, it* weak pulsations Still life to ihe third, and larger portion ol which, scattered
attest ihe depth nf ill* truth, thai our rac- is one. u.er immense portion* of the earth's surfaC*—ei-li
is in the life and doctrine ol Jer>us Christ lhal iber in sla\rry or in (he lir-t stages ol social ex-tins
pntfouml insiinci ol human nainre finds n- Istenee—presents such » deplorable Jcatuie ol
self i sailed into one of the grandest truths ol re- our Common humanity. An immense rare, em*
ligion . nit invested w.lb .he peculia. saneiio.i 4.1 bracing an eighth part of the human hum!)—a
heaven. lu hhu, lh* conception of UlM imiver- ra-*e llooOjOd, ibiough far .he greater patt of re-sal
brother. I. which Utor* teaches—and all corded lime, to gi nn.il drgredalion and percoas]
knowlo'lg* foflta\ea—bswosne* 0 precious living servitude, loag naieaat from the family of man
niib. and Irom lh* greateommon brotherhood. Now
Die reality of immense diversities in ihe con in IIIIM grand era of Hi* world, its destiny is
i, il-*.ph.pmeut, characler, and dcetiny of bound last to ours, and, in some sense, is to be
dlfiereul portHOM of our race, muai he accepted aidn-d *« ilh It, The feeble para-ite Its* found,
a- a truth, eien more oh.ious than ils uniM .— al last, a dill ol .idauiani, to winch il uiav chug.
Thoa* dtver»ilie* seem lo extend |fl C»ery thing Can tlie Ai.glo-Ainertc.in hear through in tri-thal
ISCinsialeni wiih ihe idea of thai tioily.— tiuipb, not his own destiny only, but that of the
Nothing but tint impaasabl* hairier, is pr hr
loleraied hy the SUM* stale-. c« en for the accom
plishmeui ofL>reai good, or die r*-mo\al ol grea
mischief. A third rtaaa, equilly nnmenms, per
naps, wilh Ihe last, and -till more intoler.in', eon
siiiuiiog ibrouglloirt nianv ol ihe free stales, tin
uiosi ohinixtniis ami unscrupulous party whiel
hafl partu'ipaled in these diaciiaciofla, ha- pTOpO'
■ed Jor remedy such a eh inge in the social. ci> d
and political DOOdil ot all Aim-iicaii iii-.iiu-nous,
us wdl admit the free blacks, indiscruni
Balel) and absolutely, to an equality with tin
—drawing afler this sweeping revolution
immense, a*absurd, and a.
These klaleme
■s nf opinion wl
ictues- lo give
.he great quest
"Gentlemen—1 waefllj hut, thanka io free
libalions of your snarkling foimiain, I am now
quile well. I owe yon much."
Here ihe ('zar Ihrusl his hand into the pocket
of Ihe coarse jerkin which he wore ; and the civic
dignitaries, having cxiemhtl iheir open palms—
- 1 ..we you much," continued ihe Czar; ** and
1 Wish to present >ou with a durable testimony
of my gratitude. In forty-eight hours you shall
have it.**
(hie may easily fancy wJut castles in the air
were built hy the expectant funcnonaries. At
hpgth ihey were told that the august convalescent
half riven orders 10 procure ihi hardest atone
which ihe di-lrie. would afford ; and the follow-ing
moruiii'/ (bur strong Mosrovitrs were seen
luw/inga slab( mi which was inscribed tht.se
words :
•' I vv.is ill; I drank : I was cured.
(Signed) 1'X.TI.R, Czar al Hussia."
'• Place this stone over your fountain, or, if
you prefer ii, place >«.ur fountain under this
stone." said the Czar, kindly, "and hereafter you
will thank ine lor it."
Ere many years hud elapsed, all Kurnpekncw
the waters oi Spa ; and the demand for il became
so enormous, thai the worthv burgoin uter and
his colleagues were forced lo'discover fivn new
Springs in llv nelgbborhimd, The namenf Spa
was also extended lo mineral springs throughout
Ihe World.
The
work en
violin In
—lux th
Violin.—Gardner, in his entertaining
titled •' Music of Nature," sa\s lhal the
d ns origin in II dy.about Ihe year 1000
use which were ealCOOied of ihe jjnatcst
laJue were made al a later period, aboul 1050,
at Cremona, h\ the laindy ol A, and J. Aioalt,
and iheir eonleiiiporan Sir.oln |i iiuy he said of the Ameiicait
ol j display generally, that it is e. ideally ihe pr«.duc*
| tion ol a new country, where ihe n-plul BftS ar«
ol | \ei more in rrquc-l ihan ihe ornamental." Of
lh* maniilacuired COUoO, in prints*. " -ays .-—
" Though ihey are very creditable etldcoecj of
ihe proer*** of American inanulactuies, our
friend* on ihe other snle ol ihe Ailantie will par-don
uri for saving thai ihey are not of lint high
class of good—H&sprcialli ihe priots—that our
Mjiiebesier u.aiinl.iciurt r- need fear Iheir compe-tition,
at least for ihe present.*' From Ihe list of
articles enuinerateil, the riHflrih iiiou i* very
meagre, and ihe -how of American articles will
sea reel v be equal to lbs annual exhibitions at
Slate Fairs ami Franklin Initiinli-.
v ihe win
nlcrests an.
L'h si i.erx i^
(••Ii ils exist-
,IU*P»
red io
ihem. We Cannot he->
pauses, in in my
fecis eatabh
causes llieioaelve*, of many sub-equeni events m
ihe fate id nation-, anil proiluee CcmSCQUencee
the m»Sl momentous anp enduring. Il is easy lo
comprehend lhal a race originally one, iuu»t
have pi aed thnsaajh cireuoi*taocc* *ery differ-
*nl as to il.ilerenl portions of ii. and thai these
are far j •irugglt-, any where are deleaieil. Uui the lib-on
an | ernes of my own race, snd my own country, are
occasion like ibis. 1 -hall, therefore, content preimu-lo me out ol pomparisnii with all beside.
myself with noticing* generally, aueh uah Bear* I I have never ceased lo compassionate lho black
Ol special interest St the prc*eill moment,and as i rice, and to labor, ill every way lhal seennd to
hear more or less direcil) on the designs of .his ' me proper, lor ils ultimate retle:upiiou ; and per-
Soefatl, I have lo regret that exact siatemenis J h-ips ihe greaieM saerdices ol my life have been
OO lliiiae points, touching which st.iiislieal facts j in its eau-e. But 1 Iranklv admit, that thcr* is
are ufgr**al value, arc at present impos-ilde, in
msrquence ol the relurnsol the national census
ken during ihe past )ear, not having b« n. H
■irounistaneea, whaterrr ihey mo) have been, yet, digested sod published, hisoi nsceeeity,
iiiosi haw- oj.i-r i;- d n nh i e.nis!.no and immense lb. relore, thlt ihe prtnripm* dipeussed, suit the
lorsan MI pnHluce surb dinen'oeaa in iheir ph> si- i-.-tt involved, imi-t b« stated, g*o*eaUj ; ihough
. .1 md isaeral coniUlion as we lin.i saot ilted all 1 sm seuaibl* thai ihis must deliad from any
iuer the earth. And it is not more dilfiuult to salu* IB*** mssarits migbl 00 supposed to pos-perc
«rv*i ih*l llwsodinorenee*, when '-^hii-h- #e».c
BO ODncoivsbl* questmn in which lhal race, or
any race i« involved, for which I would peril, in
ihe slightest degree, ihe sublime career which la
open before mv conulrv—much les- provoke or
lolerale an msuli upon ihe inlegnly of iheco.itm
lion, i»r ihe perp. iiutv o| ihe union. lNe.ei
were such hope?. Net before any peupb—00**1
was such a destiny offered lu anv nation, as
l.eil has placed within our ragoh, The coja- onole m Uself, oat m-i^nilicani when c<
ii.even mei-ch
the whole
i he immeoec
nding ei eni*.
anv moment.
eminenilji eriiicat. So, loo,—although ihe
ieience and regulation of the institution sre |
thing lhal can be -opposed to affect
country. 'he eounirj w ill he iron h» her; and if dentalh . s natn nal importance whi
the poiintry Will he true lo her destiny, (sod will i bi-ior\ of the eoiiulry has shown UJ
be true to her! —and winch tceent, and indeed imp.
Surmounting such quea;ions, our cause cam- prove to be capabU of becoming
■at** r.sell from dilemmas which belong rathei
lo the country than lo it, and which, at the mosl,
involv* only uoe, and ihat an incidoulsl porioin Iv inatier- o| po-nn e law—» el in the very nature
■if its grim ml. It- dill-el connection with slate* ol til ii exsMenes and ihai legal regulatum ol n—
r v iii America il ii has any at all, lies chiefl) in ihe re ext-t moral pri pies, and lliere arc 'inolv-
. his..—'hat the particular objects of its care—-the ed moral dalles, whose ilelirmiosibrtl is as mu'h
rep ncgroe*ol America—arc each one a proof religious as it is legal, snil rohcerntng which ll is >UPP*
ifanu- no mod pomihhi to cxvhide the acton ol tl
i> SUPII church ol <
list i i> d power.
hat slavery in America ,s m a |Woee*B
loraticn ; anil lhal it affords lh* mem-is
choose to an ihem in tlial aianner. ot a fnrlh-
•r am! real—-though poasihly slijjli. anil incnleu*
a|—jelif men so please, illimiiahh* amehora-mn.
The in iss ni slaves in Ainersea—Bouaid-
Muj'sttj of Ihe l.uir.—How imposing is the
majeaij ol Iho Ian \ how calm her disnil* ; how
. » her power: how Rim, nnd nainp.il is her
r.- gn! Ii i- not by fleets, and HYnue*. by devsaja-1
linn, am1 wrong, m" oppre^sini I blootl, sbn
mainiains hi r sway, and exeroies ber decrerv.
Su-taiucd bv ju«iiee. re..-ou. :no! ihe great inier-ealaof
man. she but apeak-, ami is obeyed. " K-vt
ti f'.it-c oho d» noi approve, heeiislii not to
rt her ; and the i0*ll< ihial upon « riom her
dfne loexrhidethe sCtton ol ihe jojogmeol Wla. know- ihat s..bmia-i a not only
Ihan that of the e, il power.— ' Iv ho in.wt pei:orm. hm, that ihe secorilf
inch iaan instinn ftoMt,'""'1 rojoyavnl ol all u. „ is .car m hun depensl.
uiusuleiermme for itsetf thins/s eneaertaining n- -»;""» "•— "'!'k
ii-e'i ; Iml ihe church oM'hir-i. ileo
an uikiiiuiiunof (.o,l, m "t w Ilk* " Stol pnq;-,
mine thinga apiM*rlatning lo ii, *\|torr slaveri p